![]() ![]() ![]() The reader is transported between war zones, delivery rooms, and village hospitals, where Gawande examines with surgical precision the doctors, teams, and hospitals striving to do more than just enough.Īlongside seamless transitions between India and the West, Gawande introduces his philosophies through situations of emergency surgery in an overcrowded Maharashtrian hospital, malpractice cases in American courtrooms, a polio mop-up in Karnataka, a high-performing cystic fibrosis clinic in Minneapolis, and a 39-hour delivery in Boston. Atul Gawande’s breathtaking sophomore work, Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance, is infused with countless insightful lessons on improvement, shaped by his personal experiences as a surgeon and relevant to all aspects of life. In a stunning collage of metaphor and medicine, seemingly unrelated vignettes of consultations, treatments, and surgeries are woven together to create conclusions that reflect upon human nature and the state of medicine. ![]()
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